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Global height study: Dutch men and Latvian women tallest in the world, Luxembourg far off in ranking

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A large consortium of scientists participated in an international study to assess the evolution of human height worldwide between 1914 and 2014.
September 12, 2016   In Our News  

LIH & the Ministry of Health contributed to six publications on European perinatal health

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Luxembourg participates in EURO-PERISTAT, a network which aims at establishing a high quality European perinatal health information system.
September 07, 2016   In Our News  

Sports medicine research in an aircraft

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The human body is perfectly adapted to move in the 1 g gravitational environment on Earth. How can it cope with different gravity conditions?
September 05, 2016   In Our News  

Sudden cardiac events in sports: report them to prevent them!

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Much attention is drawn to cardiovascular health and associated risk factors in Luxembourg.
September 01, 2016   In Our News  

LIH & the Ministry of Health published a triennial report on perinatal health

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In Luxembourg, exhaustive data from all maternities and independent midwives is collected and analysed.
July 29, 2016   In Our News  

Assessing the hepatitis burden in drug users and prisoners in Luxembourg

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Every year on 28th July is the World Hepatitis Day, coordinated by the World Hepatitis Alliance.
July 28, 2016   In Our News  

MemoVie study reveals low prevalence of dementia and cognitive complaints in Luxembourg

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A study from LIH published in “PLOS One” reports for the first time reliable estimates on the prevalence of dementia and cognitive compliants.
July 15, 2016   In Our News  

Knowledge transfer: Scientific visitor learns sequencing technique to monitor HIV drug resistance in Bulgaria

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During two weeks in June 2016, Dr Ivailo Alexiev Ivanov, Head of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Disease in Bulgaria which is a WHO...
July 11, 2016   In Our News  

Targeting tumour cell “feet” to block breast cancer metastasis

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Luxembourg’s Cancer Foundation supports a research project at LIH that aims to develop a novel strategy to inhibit metastasis in breast cancer.
July 07, 2016   In Our News  

Launch of the Luxembourg Society for Microbiology

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Microorganisms, despite their notorious reputation as disease-causing agents, play essential roles in our daily lives.
July 06, 2016   In Our News  

First ever PhD retreat organised in Luxembourg

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The PhD retreat “Life after PhD”, organised on 21th June 2016, aimed to give PhD candidates a glimpse into different career paths for PhD holders.
July 01, 2016   In Our News  

Launch of EUROCAROTEN, a new COST Action on carotenoid research

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On 18th April 2016, European researchers and industrial representatives from 28 countries kicked off a new European COST Action network in Brussels.
June 29, 2016   In Our News  

Prof Romain Seil appointed President of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy

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On 7th May 2016 at the 17th congress of the ESSKA in Barcelona ​​more than 4,000 participants applauded the appointment of Prof Seil as new president.
June 28, 2016   In Our News  

Prof Axel Urhausen awarded Sports Medicine Physician of the Year

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The GOTS, the German-Austrian-Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, has held its annual congress in Munich from 17th to 18th June 2016.
June 20, 2016   In Our News  

Outstanding PhD on the structure and function of a fascinating immune receptor

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Martyna Szpakowska has carried out a PhD project at LIH studying the molecular basis of ligand recognition, activation and function of ...
June 14, 2016   In Our News  

Personalised Medicine Conference 2016: LIH joins discussion on how to bring innovation to the market

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Developing tools for personalised medicine is one of LIH’s key objectives. On 1st and 2nd June 2016, the European Commission organised ...
June 13, 2016   In Our News  

LIH participated in developing the very first Molecular Allergology User's Guide

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Researchers from LIH’s Department of Infection and Immunity substantially contributed to establishing the world’s first exhaustive handbook ...
June 10, 2016   In Our News  

New biomarkers of exposure to the pollutant benzo[a]pyrene

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Benzo[a]pyrene, a famous chemical of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) family, is an omnipresent environmental pollutant.
June 08, 2016   In Our News  

Capacity building at WHO National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella in Serbia

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Between 25th and 28th April 2016, Emilie Charpentier, senior technician, conducted a capacity building mission.
June 06, 2016   In Our News  

MicroRNA biomarker predicts the outcome after cardiac arrest

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The Cardiovascular Research Unit of LIH’s Department of Population Health identified a new prognostic biomarker circulating in the blood.
June 03, 2016   In Our News